Having an interview this week? 3 basic tips to improve your chance of success.

3 basic tips to improve your chance of success during your interview(s) this week:

• Preparation!

No doubt preparation level is going to affect the outcome of your interview.

Some reading to help you getting fully prepared:

I Spy: How to Scope Out a Company Before the Interview

Only 3 true job interview questions
Interviewing Skills- Job4U2 - Q&A

• Be optimistic!

Several studies revealed the positive effect of optimism on performance and results: let’s be optimistic: You will get this job!

To bring some optimism to the job4U2 blog reader, I recently posted a success story saga on this blog.

• Act as confident and powerful!

Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions and adopting posture of confidence and power. Why not just trying it!

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Root cause analysis of your job search-part 3: “I receive only negative answers.”

Two months ago, I started to post a tool to support jobseekers who are not fully satisfied with the pace or the results of their job search in Switzerland: a root cause analysis of the job search.

The fist level of this analysis was:

• I have not sent application yet

• I do not get any reaction to my application

• I receive only negative answers

• I am not selected for the second run

• I always go till the end and fail in the last mile

• The final offer does not match my expectation, I have to refuse

Last month, we looked at level 2 for the first cause “I have not sent application yet”

The remedial actions to the root cause are posted weekly on the LinkedIn job4U2 Circle opened to all spouses or partners having or about to relocate to Switzerland.

This months, I would like to take you through the second root cause “I receive only negative answers” which is probably going to interest a larger part of the job4U2 blog readers.

• I apply exclusively on job-boards rather than to the recruiting individuals
• I apply to job openings for which I am much to qualified
• I apply to job openings in a completely different areas as my background area
• I have less than 60% of the skills or expertise requested on the job ads
• My CV is not sufficiently underlining my skills and expertise
• I apply to Swiss companies without including a complete application file
• My application letters are not strong enough
• My one-line profile is unadapted

If you are in one of the situations highlighted by the root cause chart and need some help to find out what could be a corrective action, please post your comment here below.

Again, remedial actions will be covered in the LinkedIn job4U2 circle.

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Sandrine van den Oudenhoven

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Job boards: How efficient they are to get me a job?

How to use LinkedIn for your job search in Switzerland?

4U2 PROFESSIONAL PROJECT DEPLOYMENT MODULE

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Short introduction to Switzerland Economy for Jobseekers.

Switzerland first activity areas are: 

·       Life sciences, chemicals and pharmaceuticals (Novartis, Roche, Actelion, Amgen, Biogen Idec, Crucell, Merck Serono, etc)

·       Medical technology
 (Johnson&Johnson DePuy Roche Diagnostics Division. Ypsomed, Sonova, Straumann, Stryker, Zimmer, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, etc)

·       Financial services
 (UBS, Credit Suisse and more than 150 foreign banks)

·       Machinery, electrical engineering and metals industry
 (Saurer, Riveter, Schindler, ABB, etc)

·       Watch industry (Swatch Group, Rolex SA, Richemont SA, LVMH Group, etc)

·       Global and regional headquarters of foreign companies
 (General Motors, Kraft Foods, Phillip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Dow Chemicals, Amgen, Baxter, DuPont, Nissan and Google, etc)

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however these well-known, prestigious names I quoted as examples  account for a very small part of the Swiss economy:

·          86% of Swiss companies are SME with less than 9 employees providing almost 900’000 jobs. (Read more)

Switzerland is also an entrepreneurial country with 7,7% of the population running start-up companies.

Many industries from solopreneur to industry leaders, many different types of structures from local to multinational do cohabit here. Across these differences, some profiles are more or less wanted on the job market.

In 2012, The 10 most difficult professions for companies to recruit profiles are:

1.    Qualified workers

2.    Engineers

3.    Commercial

4.    Chefs and cooks

5.    Hospitality

6.    Mechanics

7.    IT specialist
8.    Non qualified workers
9.    Finance and accounting
10.   MarCom specialists 

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Domestic budget for living in Switzerland
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